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EU probes Booking.com over online fraud risks
The European Union opened an investigation into online travel agent Booking.com on Wednesday over alleged failures to tackle fake listings and phishing scams.
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Nvidia CEO encourages Europe's lagging AI sector and offers tools to accelerate data center buildout
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged players in Europe's lagging artificial intelligence industry to get going and touted a modular system to quickly build AI data centers he says are sorely needed by developers on the continent.
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TikTok returns 'no violation' decision on 95% of reports of UK-facing accounts advertising drugs, study finds
A University of Bath-led study has found that TikTok's standard reporting system fails to act on most reports made against accounts advertising and offering illegal drugs for sale to U.K. users. The vast majority of TikTok ...
Oct 20, 2026
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New AI shopping agents promise better bargains. But who pays the price?
Meta's recently launched AI agent Muse promises to be many things: it can fire off emails, book vacations and fill out cumbersome online forms.
Oct 20, 2026
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Google Cloud outage hits UK banks
Online services for a number of U.K. banks in and around London were disrupted by a Google Cloud outage Tuesday.
Oct 20, 2026
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Globalized financial systems help green the world, according to study
The globalization of financial systems can play a vital role in protecting the environment and boosting the green revolution by increasing investment in renewable energy, cleaner technologies and other environmentally sustainable ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Nvidia CEO urges German manufacturers to adopt AI, saying digital tech won't replace heavy industry
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged Germany's makers of cars and industrial machines to quickly adopt artificial intelligence to "reengineer" the country's struggling business model by tapping its wealth of manufacturing data and ...
Oct 20, 2026
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US bans use of China's DeepSeek by government agencies
The U.S. government on Monday ordered its agencies to stop using artificial intelligence tools from Chinese startup DeepSeek, as the countries race for dominance in the fast-moving sector.
Oct 20, 2026
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Musk says he'll give some SpaceX shares to public after Anthropic announces 'public benefit' fund
Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday pledged one share of his company SpaceX to "every kid in America."
Oct 19, 2026
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'I call it a bribe': Pennsylvania residents spurn $10,000 data center checks
On his terrace overlooking the forest in eastern Pennsylvania, Ed Negra lays out four letters. All are from a developer promising a $10,000 check to each household once its data center is running.
Oct 19, 2026
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Consumer apprehension grows as US retailers adopt AI-assisted pricing tools
U.S. consumers aren't just frustrated with high prices. They're angry and confused about the increasingly high-tech ways that restaurant chains and major retailers are setting those prices.
Oct 18, 2026
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Human learning is an underestimated factor in the success of human–AI teams
Human–AI collaboration is widely seen as the work model of the future: The expectation is that together, humans and AI will be more productive than either working alone. Yet the research to date seemed to tell a different ...
Oct 15, 2026
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Expert examines what drives cryptocurrency returns
Dr. Matt Brigida, SUNY Poly professor of finance and chair of the Department of Accounting and Finance, is exploring the evolving relationship between cryptocurrency and traditional financial markets in his new paper, "Crypto ...
Oct 15, 2026
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Companies may be held liable when AI harms their clients and customers
Artificial intelligence has moved quickly from a novelty on the job to a common workplace tool. Gallup found that 52% of U.S. employees and 68% of professional services workers were using AI by February 2026. Thomson Reuters ...
Oct 14, 2026
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Fortnite maker Epic Games makes 'huge pivot' with AI, CEO says
Fortnite maker Epic Games is making a "huge pivot" toward using artificial intelligence (AI) to boost video game development, CEO Tim Sweeney said on Monday.
Oct 13, 2026
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Norway fines Microsoft subsidiary for sharing Grindr user data
Norway's data protection authority Monday slapped a 92 million kroner (8.6 million euros) fine on Microsoft subsidiary Xandr for sharing user data from dating app Grindr.
Oct 12, 2026
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High rare earth demand could complicate Europe's offshore wind ambitions
Wind turbines, devices that can convert energy from the wind into electricity, do not burn fuel during operation and could thus reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Despite their possible environmental advantages, building these ...
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AI evaluations of job candidates look unbiased without being fair
Companies seeking to fill job openings are increasingly "drinking through a fire hose of applications," in the words of one hiring expert, with some popular postings receiving 1,000 applications in a single weekend.
Oct 9, 2026
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OpenAI revenue gap report rattles AI stocks
OpenAI is bringing in about $20 billion less in annualized revenue than investors had been led to believe, the Financial Times reported Thursday, raising questions about the solidity of the AI business.
Oct 9, 2026
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Samsung expects 780% quarterly operating profit jump on AI boom
Samsung Electronics on Thursday forecast a more than 780% leap in third-quarter operating profit from a year earlier, buoyed by high memory chip prices as AI fuels a global supply shortage.
Oct 8, 2026
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SpaceX in talks to raise $40 billion in loans for Nvidia chips: Report
Elon Musk's SpaceX is aiming to raise $40 billion in bank loans and debt to further its purchases of AI chips from Nvidia, according to a Financial Times report citing sources close to the talks.
Oct 8, 2026
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Shortening offshore wind approvals by one year could save millions in costs
Long development timelines increase the cost of energy from offshore wind (OSW) farms, according to a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. The research estimates that cutting approval timelines ...
Oct 8, 2026
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Data breach victims face significant increase in loan denials, study finds
Beyond the immediate headache for consumers affected by a data breach, breaches can also trigger years of financial repercussions, such as denials of mortgage refinancing and home improvement loans, according to new Virginia ...
Oct 7, 2026
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Explainable AI for resilient supply chains: Choosing backup suppliers only when needed
Supply chain disruptions can have swift and compounding consequences for manufacturers, leading to production delays, rising costs and a scramble to secure alternative suppliers.
Oct 5, 2026
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The clean energy bottleneck isn't technology—it's market design
The transition to clean energy is underway, but major structural obstacles are slowing it down. Wind and solar power accounted for a record 17% of electricity generated by U.S. utilities last year. However, fossil fuels still ...
Oct 2, 2026
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